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Dawn Erskine

@dawnbirder.bsky.social

Notts birder. Landlocked #PatchBirding Banner pics = patch finds + 4 Common Cranes & a Garganey Walk/Bird/Learn/Repeat Mostly #LowCarbon choices #UKBirding #Vegan

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*I not it 😅

05.03.2026 20:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

It just learn birds. The rest is a carefree mystery ðŸĨ°
It blew my mind when I discovered that Red Admirals and others migrate. How does something so delicate make it over the sea ?? 🌊

05.03.2026 20:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 2    📌 0

I'm sure you will know a painted lady when you see one. The earliest I've seen one is at the start of April. They're migrants and quite large really ðŸĶ‹

05.03.2026 20:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

Fact number 3 for me ðŸĪŊ

05.03.2026 20:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

That film made me want to do drugs. Way too much cool music

05.03.2026 19:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

😅

05.03.2026 19:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

Puppies are nice 🙃

05.03.2026 19:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

Wow! 👏

05.03.2026 19:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

Sounds great Danny 💚

05.03.2026 19:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

Hopefully lots of opportunities before too long 🙏 Something to look forward to winter for

05.03.2026 19:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

Just looking on the alerts and they are pretty scarce in Devon it seems ðŸ˜Ē

05.03.2026 19:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

So busy yaffling on about spring, I forgot to say 💚

05.03.2026 19:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

Sherwood Forest in Notts. My local woodland. Sadly we have all but lost Lesser-spotted Woodpecker

05.03.2026 19:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0
Woodlark, Stonechat in the sun & a Hawfinch in the mist

Woodlark, Stonechat in the sun & a Hawfinch in the mist

Yearning for spring, migration & bird song. So it was a bit wonderful this morning.
A Hawfinch in misty woodland made it feel like it hadn't been a waste of time, despite no LS Wood as yet.
The fog & mist lifted to reveal several pairs of Stonechat & Woodlark, Yellowhammer, Linnets & Mipits ðŸŠķ

05.03.2026 17:46 — 👍 31    🔁 1    💎 2    📌 0

😅

05.03.2026 17:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

This mist/fog lifted by late morning and it was glorious.

05.03.2026 15:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

Spotted a Hawfinch atop a tree in the mist tho, so not all bad 😀

05.03.2026 15:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

😑

05.03.2026 15:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0
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However, the reality doesn't match the forecast...😊

05.03.2026 07:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💎 2    📌 0

Just absentmindedly looked out the window, wondering what time it gets light, and it's already getting there ðŸ˜ģðŸĨģ

05.03.2026 06:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

Today was lovely in the garden for birds. 2 Goldcrests in the old Christmas tree, male and female Blackcap, and I love the flicky acrobatics of the Dunnocks ðŸĨ°

04.03.2026 21:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

Manners 😅ðŸĶŠ

04.03.2026 18:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

Oh no has one been cut down?

04.03.2026 18:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

Beauty ðŸĨ°

04.03.2026 18:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

That's me screwed then! I arrived at birding late 😅

04.03.2026 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

You've just reminded me, I'd completely forgotten.
There was a peacock in the garden yesterday. It hung out with a wasp for a bit.

04.03.2026 18:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0

Even more well done in that case 👏

02.03.2026 13:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

Love that trumpeting ðŸĐķ

02.03.2026 09:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💎 0    📌 0

Amazing 👏 I don't think I've ever seen one

02.03.2026 09:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💎 1    📌 0
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Lots of lovely Bramblings in Derbyshire today #LowCarbonBirding ðŸŠķ

01.03.2026 18:43 — 👍 81    🔁 8    💎 0    📌 0